Each lap is a stretch of narrow beachfront road and then back the other way on the sand, the straightaways linked by almost U-turns. It’s about 1950, and there are no safety marshals, catch fences or even a real track, much less garages or grandstands.

The crowd watches the cars go by from the infield, a strip of sand and beach grass, under the watchful eye of William Henry Getty France Sr.

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Ron Howard’s fabulous Formula One film “Rush” isn’t the only new car story out there. Here are three more—two movies and a book—that you may not have heard of.

Each lap is a stretch of narrow beachfront road and then back the other way on the sand, the straightaways linked by almost U-turns. It’s about 1950, and there are no safety marshals, catch fences or even a real track, much less garages or grandstands.

The crowd watches the cars go by from the infield, a strip of sand and beach grass, under the watchful eye of William Henry Getty France Sr.